Yung Wing, the earliest Chinese-American scholar, dies in the United States. His American wife,
Mary Louise Kellogg, dies in 1886.

1913

The Alien Land Law in California stipulates that aliens are ineligible for U.S. citizenship from
buying or leasing land.

Congress passes another act concerning the deportation of Chinese under judicial writs.

The China Society of America is formed for the promotion of understandings between the
Chinese and Americans.

1914

The Science Society of China is established at Cornell University.

1915

The Immigration and Naturalization Service begins to compile statistics on deportation. Chinese are deported largely due to lack of proper documents or staying beyond the time limit.

1916

K. C. Li establishes the Wah Chang Corporation, which becomes the world's largest tungsten
refinery by 1953. It later expands into the fields of tin metal, tin alloys, and zirconium.

The Chinese Young Women's Christian Association is formed in San Francisco.

1917

Congress passes another immigration act, providing for the barred zones from which natives
could not immigrate to the United States. It also requires reading capacity of all aliens over
sixteen years of age as one of the conditions for admission to the United States.

Arizona enacts an Alien Land Law.

The Barred Zone Act restricts immigration of all Asians except Japanese to the United States.